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New research conducted by YouGov on behalf of the trade body Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) shows a marked contrast between the level of support for net zero and endorsement for heat pumps as a route to help get there.

Listen to Mike Foster on BBC Radio 4 discussing hydrogen boilers.

Watch Mike Foster on Sky News commenting on the accusations that the industry is spreading misinformation around Heat Pumps.

The future heating homes in rural areas has been kept secret until after the local elections, claims the CEO of leading trade body Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), Mike Foster. His claim comes as the industry waits for the Government response to a consultation that closed 15 months ago.

Leading energy trade body, the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), has today written to the Business Secretary, Grant Shapps MP, suggesting it was time to conduct full village trials for heat pumps. In his call, the Chief Executive, Mike Foster, said it was “time to get serious on net zero homes” and explore all the options available in more detail.

The energy regulator, Ofgem, has been challenged by a leading energy trade body to examine the real-world consequence of shifting homes from gas onto heat pumps.

The expected surge in the energy Price Cap to a rumoured £4,266 in January 2023 is not only causing distress for households but has also blown a hole in the Government's domestic heating strategy.

Speculation that the energy price cap will soar to over £3,300 by October and further to £4,200 in January 2023 has called into question whether subsidising heat pump installations is the best use of taxpayer’s cash.

Evidence of heat pump costs for French consumers blows a hole in UK government policy a leading energy trade body has claimed. Chief Executive of Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), Mike Foster, believes this new evidence renders UK heat decarbonisation plans “useless” and calls for a Government re-set.

Tucked away in the small print (page 201 out of 619) the UK’s climate change advisors confirm what many industry experts acknowledge, that ripping out gas boilers in favour of heat pumps, even at today’s record high prices, will push household heating bills up further.